16 pages : 23 cm

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Introduction. pp. 7 -- Conformation. pp. 8 -- Explanation of the term "conformation". pp. 8 -- Importance of studying conformation. pp. 9 -- Stock judging. pp. 10 -- Learning the points. pp. 12 -- The score card. pp. 14 -- Viewing the animal. pp. 15 -- Studying relative proportion. pp. 15 -- Comparative judging. pp. 16 -- A study of the details of conformation. pp. 18 -- The head. pp. 18 -- The neck. pp. 21 -- Girths. pp. 23 -- The back. pp. 24 -- Side lines. pp. 26 -- Shapes: Wedges and parallelograms. pp. 27 -- The ribs. pp. 29 -- The barrel. pp. 30 -- The hind quarters. pp. 30 -- The milk veins. pp. 32 -- The udder. pp. 33 -- The escutcheon. pp. 35 -- Some typical animals - good, bad, and indifferent. pp. 36 -- The ideal dairy cow. pp. 36 -- The dual purpose cow. pp. 36 -- Defective dairy cows. pp. 37 -- The scrub cow. pp. 39 -- The polled type of beef cattle. pp. 39 -- The range steer. pp. 40 -- The poor feeder. pp. 41 -- Grading up common stock by crossing. pp. 42 -- A good dairy sire. pp. 42 -- Some good dairy heifers. pp. 42 -- A good beef sire. pp. 43 -- Young beef animals. pp. 44

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